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    "yne! You need to be careful, this bastard''s at least B Rank! He might even be stronger than Gustaf… Phantasmos was a joke without having someone to possess, so Gustaf has been the strongest guy you''ve fought in Earth. This guy might be even stronger!" The Great Spirit whispered to yne''s mind. "His ability and techniques with the sword are superb!"


    "I know! But it''s not as if I have any other way!" yne cried, as her sword shed against Ernest''s ck de.


    As the two shed against one another, it was quite clear who was much more experienced with one and who wasn''t. Ernest parried her blows with ease and constantly covered yne''s body with powerful shing blows.


    "Your sword techniques are incredibly poor!" Ernest roared. "Do you truly believe you can go against me with such feeble attacks?!"


    "Of course not, that''s why I''ve got magic!" yne roared, her Aura overflowing as hundreds of Light Bullets pierced through Ernest''s armor, slowly beginning to spread many cracks through it!


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    "Ungh?!" Ernest stepped back in pain, only to see yne''s sword change its shape, as she imbued several tiny Earth Spirits that floated around her Terrain.


    "[Spirit Fusion]!"


    FLAAASH!


    The sword became a huge stone hammer, imbued with holy light, she quickly unleashed a powerful exorcizing smite!


    "[Wide-Area Exorcism]! [Heavenly Light sh]!"


    BAAAAAAMMM…!


    Combining two of her strongest anti-undead spells at once, yne unleashed a powerful smithing attack with her huge hammer, Ernest barely managing to defend using his enormous sword.


    However, the impact alone created shockwaves of heavenly light that started to burn his body. His cracked ck armor began to shatter and crumble apart as well.


    "Y-YOU…!" Ernest roared, quickly swinging his sword against yne in an act of clear desperation. Overflowing withrge quantities of Nether, a tremendous slicing wave reached yne in a mere second! "[Underworld''s Punishment]!"


    SLAAAAASSSH!


    "[Light Spirit Call]!" yne cried, as several sparks of light, tiny spirits of light emerged around her. Her fists overflowing with the power of her Armor and Equipment as the might of the Yggdragon emerged from within as well. "[Yggdragon''s Light Breath]!"


    Both techniques shed against one another, darkness and light exploding and making the entire school building tremble, the windows shattered and the floor beneath them started to gain countless cracks.


    BOOOOOOOMMM…!


    "RAAAAAH!" The Death Knight pushed through the huge explosion, emerging from within the ck smoke and pointing his sword towards yne''s head. "I''ll behead you in name of my lord!"


    SLAAAASH!


    "[Life and Light Chains of Restraint]!"


    Before the huge sword attack could reach yne''s neck, several chains made of light and life spirits emerged around the Death Knight''s body, restraining his arms and legs, and stopping his movements.


    "Ungh?! What the…?!" Ernest groaned. "More tricks?! You witch!"


    "Call me whatever you want, you''re just a freaking skeleton!" yne cried, one of her arms suddenly growing ten of timesrger,posed of pure wood, as she overcharged it with several spirits at once. "[Elemental Spirit Fist]!"


    BAAAAAAMMM…!


    "URGH?!"


    The huge impact hit Ernest''s entire body, the death knight''s armor shattered into pieces as his huge skeleton body wasunched through the air, hitting the walls at the end of the corridor and piercing through it!


    CRAAAAASSSH!


    With a groan of agony, the death knight fell into the floor below, his entire body beginning to crumble apart. yne wanted to run into the gate while it was open, but she couldn''t leave that monster roaming the city either.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Dammit!" She ran outside the school, confronting the still kicking Death Knight as his crack-covered body slowly stood back up, his sword seemedpletely unscathed.


    "I''ve underestimated you, Yggdrasil…" Ernest groaned, his eyes glowing with bright blue mes.


    The people that was gathered around the school panicked as they saw a huge skeleton of over three meters of height holding a ck sword fall from the school, and their heroine, the maskeddy, appear, jumping out to confront him.


    "T-That''s a huge skeleton…!"


    "Where did ite from?!"


    "A-A boss monster?"


    In their surprise, many started filming. Ernest paid no mind to the onlookers, as his eyes were fixated on yne jumping from the school.


    "Surprising, you''re not going to save your daughter right away?" He asked. "Now that the way is open…"


    "And let a monster like you roam the city? I have to destroy you before that happens." yne sighed. "Though, without your armor, you shouldn''t-"


    FLAAASH!


    Suddenly, the Death Knight disappeared from the scene, arriving a split of a secondter behind yne, his entire body shrouded on a phantasmal armor, not physical anymore, yet that still granted him special powers.


    "Despite theck of technique, your heart is that of a knight, I see." Ernest roared, his huge ck sword hitting yne from behind!


    "MEREEOW!"


    However, the loud roar of a cat echoed, emerging from yne''s shadows, ckie created a powerful wall of darkness, managing to block the strong guillotine attack for a split of a second enough time for yne to step back!


    "ckie! Thank you!" yne sighed in relief, as her cat appeared from within her shadows, ncing at the skeleton while groaning furiously, the same groan that cats often do when they fight each other.


    "Grrrhhhh…" He waved his tail angrily, powerful shadows emerging from within.


    "Your familiar is your life saver once more." Ernest sighed. "But can it save you from this?! [Netherworld''s Inferno]!"


    Suddenly, the blue jewel on Ernest''s chest glowed bright blue with phantasmal energy, as a huge magic circle emerged above yne and ckie, unleashing a devastating inferno of phantasmal mes!


    "ckie!" yne cried, as she protected her savior with her own body, trying to run away but still being caught by the explosion.


    BOOOOOOOMMMM…!


    "Uwaaah!"


    "N-No!"


    "Thedy!"


    The people started to scream in panic, some began to run away the moment they realized yne could had been killed right there, leaving them with the skeleton to their own fates.


    "Huh?!"


    "No! Wait, look!"


    "Who are they?!"


    The people quickly noticed three new figures appearing within the smoke that the explosion provoked, theirbined powers conjuring a barrier that protected yne from the explosion.


    "Took you long enough…" yne sighed in relief as she saw her friends arrive in the veryst moment.


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